Tape From California

Tape From California

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The rockin' title track, Phil's first foray into the genre, highlights this 1968 album. Complete with original artwork and new liner notes. First time on CD. Standard jewel case. 20000 release.

Tape From California,Phil Ochs,Collector's Choice,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Folk-Rock,Pop,Singer/Songwriter

World War 1-the Mixx Tape
Average customer rating:
World War 1-the Mixx Tape

Manufacturer: Reel Mob Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA2V6O
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tape From California
Average customer rating:

Makes a great twofer with Pleasures of the Harbor

Outstanding reissue of a great American Artist's work

The later Phil Ochs at his best

In the West . . .

Tape From California
Phil Ochs
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
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Rehearsals for Retirement/Gunfight at Carnegie Hall

Phil Ochs in Concert

I Ain't Marching Anymore

All the News That's Fit to Sing/I Ain't Marching Anymore

All the News That's Fit to Sing

ASIN: B0000507XA
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Tape From California
White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land
Half A Century High
Joe Hill
The War Is Over
The Harder They Fall
When In Rome
Floods Of Florence

Product Description

1. Tape From California
2. White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land
3. Half A Century High
4. Joe Hill
5. War Is Over, The
6. Harder They Fall, The
7. When In Rome
8. Floods Of Florence

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Makes a great twofer with Pleasures of the Harbor.......2007-01-03

This album is Phil's 2nd best in my opinion (my favorite is Pleasures of the Harbor). I love the title track, Joe Hill (which I think is far better than Joan Baez's more famous version), the hilarious The Harder They Fall, and the majestic, intimate epic When in Rome. Phil had a great sense of narrative in his songs, and nowhere is it better than in When in Rome. He was inspired by the movie Viva Zapata to write that song (movies inspired quite a lot of Ochs's work, like the title track of Pleasures of the Harbor was inspired by John Ford's film The Long Voyage Home). The lyrics are masterful, and Phil's performance is brilliant. The song Joe Hill is much more informative than the more well known version by Joan Baez. Ramblin' Jack Elliot does some great finger pickin' on this song too. The song White Boots in a Yellow Land is a powerful anti-war song, and is still valid today. The album is a little more stripped down than Pleasures, but it's still good (I liked the orchestration on Pleasures).

Outstanding reissue of a great American Artist's work.......2003-07-09

Whether the lyric lilt of his voice or the tremendous passion of his articulate poetry, Phils Ochs had a profound impact on listeners. He could be politically outlandish (sometimes even more outlandish that his own personal views) but more often incredibly insightful.

His lyrics are some of the the most intelligient written by the modern day folks artists or songwriter of any ilk. And his later work, although not in the least classic folk style material, showed an artistic maturity that could be dazzling. The lyrics could be at once cinematic, portraying a physical scene, and at the same time evocative of intense emotions.

And he used his voice with a keen sense of timing and phrasing -- it's fun just to listen to how he wraps a line around the tempo.

During his short life he was known as much for his politcs as his artistry, and he probably wouldn't have had it any other way.

The material here is that of his second "non-folk-music" albums and contains what some fans consider one of his poetic masterpieces -- the dark and unsettling story of "When in Rome."

The later Phil Ochs at his best.......2001-09-21

Phil Ochs lived in the shadow of his mentor Bob Dylan. I believe that as a folk-protest singer, he exceeded him, though never got the name recognition. While others spoke to the "movement" of the 60s and 70s from the edges, Phil spoke to its heart, and especially the political left, those who were not into drugs but into politics instead. He released 3 good folk albums, "All the News That's Fit To Sing", "I Ain't Marching Any More", and "Phil Ochs in Concert". This album, plus "Pleasures of the Harbor" and "Rehearsals for Retirement" represented Ochs in his foray into rock, following his mentor Bob Dylan. It is by far the best of the three, as Ochs remains true to his folk roots in this one, whereas in the others he tries unsuccessfully to be "artsy". (Releases after "Rehearsals for Retirement" are mostly old material). The best song on this album is "When In Rome" where he compares the US to the Roman Empire. I believe this comparison is still valid today, as the US is an overextended power. For those new to Phil Ochs I would recommend this CD plus "Phil Ochs in Concert" and the Cctober 2001 UK release of his first two albums ("All the News That's Fit To Sing / I Ain't Marching Any More") as a 2 CD set. Skip the others, they are a waste of your hard earned money.

In the West . . ........2001-01-04

For Phil Ochs fans, the long-awaited CD release of TAPE FROM CALIFORNIA is a real cause for celebration. It has been out of print for many years and it took a lot of effort on my part to get a copy on vinyl. Along with his album THE PLEASURES OF THE HARBOR, TAPE FROM CALIFORNIA documents what Phil perceived to be the cancerous immorality eating away at America's institutions and conscience. The title track, "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land," "Half a Century High," "The War is Over," and especially "When in Rome" relentlessly pursue the theme of internal decay. "When in Rome," Phil's longest song ever, presents the history and future of the United States as those of a modern Roman Empire. Phil sees the American (Roman) Empire as corrupted force that has become the very evil it had intended to replace. The entire album (save one song) thematically leads up to this revelation; it's a unified whole as are all of Phil's later, introspective albums (PLEASURES OF THE HARBOR, TAPE FROM CALIFORNIA, REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT, GREATEST HITS). For those of you already familiar with Phil Ochs, this album will fill an important space in your collections. Those of you who are NOT familiar with Phil's work, listen to his topical albums first (ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SING, I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE, PHIL OCHS IN CONCERT), so will be able to understand his transformation in context.

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